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Chemistry at QMC
Chemistry students enjoy completing additional experiments and hearing from guest speakers as part of the additional lunchtime enrichment sessions. This week they also enjoyed sharing their experiences of studying Chemistry at QMC, with visitors at the very busy Open Evening! #QMCollaborative #QMCreative #QMCurious #QMCourageous
Law students – National Bar Mock Trial
The Law students took part in the National Bar Mock Trial Competition at Southampton Solent University. This involved representing either prosecution or defence in two criminal cases, with students taking roles as advocates, witnesses or court staff. Our students worked very hard to prepare for the event and performed very well, convincing the jury in…
Climbing Trip
PE at QMC! Our A Level PE 2nd Year students took a trip to Parthian Climbing, Southampton last week, where they were taught how to do bouldering, top rope climbing and speed climbing. This was an exciting day for the students, they thoroughly enjoyed the experience. #QMCourageous #QMCollaborative #QMCurious #StudentTrips #PEStudnetsAtQMC
Cambodia Fundraising
Lynne Jordan, Ricardo Ferreira, and Marcus Rutland took on a 36-mile cycling challenge yesterday to help QMC raise the £11,400 needed to build three new classrooms in Battambang, Cambodia. These will allow children who are living in poverty to gain the academic support they need to succeed in their education – greatly improving their chances…
Work Experience at QMC
#SubjectSunday – Media at Queen Mary’s College This week we had our Year 2 Media students taking part in work experience around the College. Ellen (left), Sophie (Right) and Morgan (Back) helped the QMC Marketing team this week by experiencing how Marketing at our College is done. One group were given the opportunity to showcase…
Duke of Edinburgh 2022
The Duke of Edinburgh students are back out again doing their expedition, they have been involved in a couple team work activities, such as putting up their tents and following a map. Day 1 “Currently raining but it was quite nice first thing this morning…” – Sarah Goldson #QMCollaborative #QMCourageous #QMCurious #DukeOfEdinburgh Day 2 “Very…
Graphics Prize to Asher Ross
To round off our focus on Fundamental British Values this month, Assistant Principal Beth Linklater dropped in on one of our Graphics classes this morning to award a special prize to Asher Ross for their type collage focused on Democracy. Asher created it as part of their typography project, and all students on the course…
Student Commendation Awards
QMC students are fantastic! The 145 winners of the Principal’s Commendation defines the qualities we most admire in our students! They all attended a short congratulations speech from Principal, Mark Henderson, which left the students with bright smiles and cookies, after the talk! Curiosity, Collaboration, Creativity and last but not least Courageous – never giving…
Japanese Trip
GCSE Japanese students went to London yesterday to attend the Sixth Form Japan Taster. Students experienced cultural workshops (kokeshi, hanko and soroban) there. We visited Japan Centre after the event and had some Japanese food. 🍜🥟🍱
QMC takes part in biggest Rubgy 7s Tournament
The Rosslyn Park National schools 7s is the world’s biggest rugby 7s tournament. There were over 150 schools in this year’s under 18 Vase tournament and Queen Mary’s College were the only team in Hampshire to make it through to the final. QMC were drawn against the Samuel Ryder Academy from Hertfordshire, Farlingaye High School Suffolk and Welsh…
